FBI shuts down Coreflood botnet, zombies transmitting financial data
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| FBI shuts down Coreflood botnet, zombies transmitting financial data | |
|---|---|
| Botnet | Coreflood |
| Malware | |
| Botnet/malware group | |
| Exploit kits | |
| Services | |
| Feature | |
| Distribution vector | |
| Target | |
| Origin | |
| Campaign | |
| Operation/Working group | |
| Vulnerability | |
| CCProtocol | |
| Date | 2011 / 13 avril 2011 |
| Editor/Conference | Ziff Davis Enterprise |
| Link | http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/FBI-Shuts-Down-Coreflood-Botnet-Zombies-Transmitting-Financial-Data-767165/ (Archive copy) |
| Author | Fahmida Y. Rashid |
| Type | |
Abstract
“ The FBI has shut down the massive Coreflood botnet and is hunting the 13 criminals who stole millions of dollars from victims’ bank accounts and credit cards.
U.S. law enforcement authorities won another battle against international cyber-crime as it shut down a botnet that controlled more than 2 million computers around the world and stole millions of dollars from its victims. A civil complaint against the criminals behind the botnet has also been filed.
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